# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=676 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 677 --- ## [Hawaii Five O - wow, that was bad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hawaii-five-o-wow-that-was-bad/802190)
**Author:** [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2017, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hawaii-five-o-wow-that-was-bad/802190 "2017-11-21T06:32:19Z")
So, the last episode was bad even for this show (no, I can’t really explain why I watch it - I’ll blame my wife). I’m assuming I don’t need spoilers: Explosion inside a closed vault that knocked three people outside t… --- ## [Sea Oak on Amazon prime is awesome.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sea-oak-on-amazon-prime-is-awesome/801996)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2017, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sea-oak-on-amazon-prime-is-awesome/801996 "2017-11-21T02:29:47Z")
First off, FUCK Amazon and their stupid “Pilot season”. Have some balls and just purchase at least ten episodes and don’t make us do your market research for you. Okay, now that’s out of the way: Has anybody else watch… --- ## ["The Shrimpsons"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shrimpsons/802202)
**Author:** [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2017, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shrimpsons/802202 "2017-11-20T22:43:25Z")
In yesterday’s Simpsons episode, they replaced the usual opening credit sequence with a shrimp-themed animation. Bart is writing on the chalkboard inside a wrecked ship instead of inside Springfield Elementary School, e… --- ## ["Au Jus" as a noun](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/au-jus-as-a-noun/344945)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2017, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/au-jus-as-a-noun/344945 "2017-11-20T21:51:58Z")
I see a Quiznos commercial where it is stated that one of their sandwiches is “served with au jus.” At the grocery store, I see a packet of “au jus mix.” Do I understand correctly that these usages are incorrect? “Au … --- ## [Doctor Who Christmas Special Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-christmas-special-trailer/802102)
**Author:** [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2017, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-christmas-special-trailer/802102 "2017-11-20T21:43:49Z")
Well, there’s a few false starts but you get there in the end. Love the dynamic between David Bradley’s One and Capaldi’s Twelve, and Mark Gatiss being crushed to accidentally learn his Great War isn’t the last is heartb… --- ## [Jeopardy! champ Austin Rogers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-champ-austin-rogers/797996)
**Author:** [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2017, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-champ-austin-rogers/797996 "2017-11-20T20:26:39Z")
I know there are many Jeopardy! fans on here. I’ve been enjoying Austin Rogers’ run on the show for the past several days. He’s a little quirky and has fun reactions at times. He’s been pretty dominant in each show–of… --- ## ['Goodbye to the Stuttering Boy!' RIP Mel Tillis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-to-the-stuttering-boy-rip-mel-tillis/802093)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2017, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-to-the-stuttering-boy-rip-mel-tillis/802093 "2017-11-20T16:30:28Z")
Mel Tillis has died after battling ‘intestinal issues’ since 2016. The suspected cause of death was respiratory failure. He was 85 The quote in the title is from a routine he did back in the '70s, where he talked abou… --- ## [Actors in multiple Twilight Zone episodes.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-in-multiple-twilight-zone-episodes/802062)
**Author:** [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2017, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-in-multiple-twilight-zone-episodes/802062 "2017-11-20T15:22:30Z")
Other than Rod Serling, of course. OK, so, I’ve been watching the original Twilight Zone lately - Space, the science fiction channel up here, is airing episodes every weekday - and have noticed something that’s a bit we… --- ## ["Drvin' & Cryin" lyric interpretation help?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drvin-cryin-lyric-interpretation-help/802191)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2017, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drvin-cryin-lyric-interpretation-help/802191 "2017-11-20T14:46:10Z")
Subject (youtube link to the song in question) I’m pretty good about working this sort of problem out on my own, and I often enjoy the challenge (Siouxsie & the Banshees Rhapsody took me a while but was worth the effort… --- ## [Does Anyone Else Think They "Hear" Music Differently From Most Other People?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-think-they-hear-music-differently-from-most-other-people/802025)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2017, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-think-they-hear-music-differently-from-most-other-people/802025 "2017-11-20T14:26:39Z")
I have been thinking about this for awhile. Years, in fact, and I am not sure how to vocalize what I mean. I hear intricacies in music that I believe others do not, like the extra vocal harmony part, doubling of vocals,… --- ## [Donald Duck's popularity in Europe.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-ducks-popularity-in-europe/802011)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2017, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-ducks-popularity-in-europe/802011 "2017-11-20T12:45:57Z")
I heard that the character Donald Duck is really popular in Europe. In particular, his comic books are super popular. Can anyone who lives in or has been to Europe confirm this? And why do you think Donald is so popular… --- ## [Question about Hank Williams' "Jambalaya"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-hank-williams-jambalaya/801640)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2017, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-hank-williams-jambalaya/801640 "2017-11-20T09:09:00Z")
What is the meaning of the highlighted lyrics? Pick guitar, fill fruit jar, and be gay-o! Is this a reference to moonshine? Or something else that goes on in the bayou? :dubious: :confused: --- ## [Rita Moreno Still Hot and Charasmatic at 85](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rita-moreno-still-hot-and-charasmatic-at-85/802098)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2017, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rita-moreno-still-hot-and-charasmatic-at-85/802098 "2017-11-20T06:28:16Z")
Words I never thought I would think about any 85 year old. She has stayed for and active and it shows. Well done, Ms Moreno. --- ## [Yet another Yankee’s fried chicken thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-yankee-s-fried-chicken-thread/802099)
**Author:** [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2017, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-yankee-s-fried-chicken-thread/802099 "2017-11-20T04:22:58Z")
JohnnyLA asked for my fried chicken method over in IMHO but I didn’t want to fuck up the thread, so here we are. You know me: I grew up in Cleveland, my mother never made fried chicken (“That’s what KFC is for, no?”), w… --- ## [The Handmaid's Tale: How do they determine which women can give birth? (spoilers thru ep. 3)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-handmaids-tale-how-do-they-determine-which-women-can-give-birth-spoilers-thru-ep-3/802075)
**Author:** [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2017, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-handmaids-tale-how-do-they-determine-which-women-can-give-birth-spoilers-thru-ep-3/802075 "2017-11-20T01:52:36Z")
It’s been more than 20 years since I read the book and I know I’ve forgotten at least some of it, and I’m about three episodes into the series. But how does the repressive new government Gilead “sort” the women into this… --- ## [Comic Backstories invalidated by technology](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-backstories-invalidated-by-technology/801840)
**Author:** [@Tzigone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzigone)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2017, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-backstories-invalidated-by-technology/801840 "2017-11-19T23:57:43Z")
We all know time passes and backstories have to change sometimes because of that. Reed Richards is no longer a Korean War vet. Magneto originally lost his wife and child in a concentration camp in WWII, but in the 2000 … --- ## [MoviePass lowers price again, temporarily](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moviepass-lowers-price-again-temporarily/801914)
**Author:** [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2017, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moviepass-lowers-price-again-temporarily/801914 "2017-11-19T17:56:24Z")
MoviePass is offering a special holiday price of, they say, $6.95 per month. https://www.moviepass.com/ You have to sign up for and pay for a full year. With the processing fee it works out to $89.95, which makes the… --- ## [Is it possible to grow mint indoors?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-grow-mint-indoors/581281)
**Author:** [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swords_to_Plowshares)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2011, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-grow-mint-indoors/581281 "2011-05-09T18:45:21Z")
I love having mint around for various beverages - iced tea, mojitos, mint juleps, various gin concoctions - but I live in an apartment right now without a window box or access to a garden. I’ve tried growing two mint pl… --- ## [Designer Azzedine Alaia has died: women wanted to wear his fashions, and men were deeply grateful](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/designer-azzedine-alaia-has-died-women-wanted-to-wear-his-fashions-and-men-were-deeply-grateful/802063)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2017, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/designer-azzedine-alaia-has-died-women-wanted-to-wear-his-fashions-and-men-were-deeply-grateful/802063 "2017-11-19T12:13:30Z")
NYTimes obit: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/18/fashion/azzedine-alaia-obituary.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&\_r=0 One of the… --- ## [Dear Hollywood: Can the actor, not the show. (Re; Sexual harassment.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-hollywood-can-the-actor-not-the-show-re-sexual-harassment/801155)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2017, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-hollywood-can-the-actor-not-the-show-re-sexual-harassment/801155 "2017-11-19T10:17:52Z")
If it turns out one of the lead actors is a sexually harassing perv, at least try to replace him and see if people still watch. (I’m betting they will) Don’t just throw your hands up in the air and effectively say: “I gu… --- ## [The most attractive women in the comics/cartoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-attractive-women-in-the-comics-cartoons/771892)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 189\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2017, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-attractive-women-in-the-comics-cartoons/771892 "2017-11-19T09:53:36Z")
I may be going out on a limb here, but I’ll take the chance. To the Teeming Female Millions, if you want to post the best looking men in the comics or cartoons, be my guest. :slight\_smile: Betty Cooper’s mother (Archie)… --- ## [Just watched "St. Elmo's Fire" - Wow. That Sucked.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-watched-st-elmos-fire-wow-that-sucked/592661)
**Author:** [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2017, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-watched-st-elmos-fire-wow-that-sucked/592661 "2017-11-19T01:02:43Z")
The movie, St. Elmo’s Fire from 1985. My husband and I are children of the 80’s, but damn, that sucked. A movie full of terrible people doing terrible things for terrible reasons - yeah, that’s entertainment. Are we mis… --- ## [Liquid Smoke / Smoke Flavor question (causes nausea: why?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liquid-smoke-smoke-flavor-question-causes-nausea-why/801803)
**Author:** [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2017, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liquid-smoke-smoke-flavor-question-causes-nausea-why/801803 "2017-11-18T21:46:04Z")
If I consume something that has more than a hint of smoke flavoring, I get a reaction of mild nausea. Last night, I heated up the wrong freezer food, and started to eat what I thought was a beef stew but was, in fact, a … --- ## [gene simmons gets banned from all fox news outlets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gene-simmons-gets-banned-from-all-fox-news-outlets/801845)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2017, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gene-simmons-gets-banned-from-all-fox-news-outlets/801845 "2017-11-18T21:25:14Z")
https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/fox-news-bans-kiss-frontman-gene-simmons-for-life/ar-BBF47Tj?li=BBnb7Kz I know every girl that meets Simmons says he’s funny as hell but total sleazeball (both of MTV"S Julie browns s… --- ## [Proposal for the next Batman movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposal-for-the-next-batman-movie/801890)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2017, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposal-for-the-next-batman-movie/801890 "2017-11-18T19:56:54Z")
Since it sounds like Affleck wants out. When they cast a new Live action Batman I suggest they don’t cast a Batman. Cast a good Bruce Wayne then CGI the Batman. Bonus: they could use Kevin Conroy’s voice for when he is… --- ## [The "Thanksgiving Recipe Sharing" thread.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thanksgiving-recipe-sharing-thread/801488)
**Author:** [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2017, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thanksgiving-recipe-sharing-thread/801488 "2017-11-18T16:08:47Z")
So next week is Thanksgiving (wtf, right?) and I thought it’d be fun to have a thread where people could request and share recipes. I am looking for a Sweet Potato Pie recipe. My grandma has a really good one but she’s … --- ## [Star Trek Discovery Episode 9 Fall Finale](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-discovery-episode-9-fall-finale/801500)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2017, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-discovery-episode-9-fall-finale/801500 "2017-11-18T01:01:55Z")
Last one until January… --- ## [Has Anyone Cooked A Turkey In A Big Green Egg?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-cooked-a-turkey-in-a-big-green-egg/801824)
**Author:** [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2017, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-cooked-a-turkey-in-a-big-green-egg/801824 "2017-11-17T23:40:11Z")
Or a kamado-type cooker? Tell me about it, please. Is cooking/smoking a turkey this way worth the trouble? How big was the turkey, what temp did you use, how long did it take? Did you catch the drippings to use for gra… --- ## [The Big Bang Theory, Season Eleven, Episode Eight (November 16, 2017) -- "The Tesla Recoil"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-eleven-episode-eight-november-16-2017-the-tesla-recoil/801787)
**Author:** [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2017, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-eleven-episode-eight-november-16-2017-the-tesla-recoil/801787 "2017-11-17T22:07:57Z")
I am starting this thread in anticipation of tonight’s episode. --- ## [Will skim milk buffer coffee as well as whole milk? Any other ways of making coffee easy on stomach](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-skim-milk-buffer-coffee-as-well-as-whole-milk-any-other-ways-of-making-coffee-easy-on-stomach/801544)
**Author:** [@squish7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squish7)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2017, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-skim-milk-buffer-coffee-as-well-as-whole-milk-any-other-ways-of-making-coffee-easy-on-stomach/801544 "2017-11-17T18:59:06Z")
What is it exactly in milk and cream that reduces the acidity of coffee, i.e. that makes the coffee easier on the stomach? Is it the proteins? Or the fat? :frowning: or both? Is there anything else that reduce coffee… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=675) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=677)